August 19, 2021 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Ministry of Health and Population. (File photo/Khabarhub) KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has said it would set up at least one medical teaching hospital in each province by 2024....
Kathmandu, August 19 Two national parties have officially split on Wednesday after the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government introduced an ordinance easing requirements for the split. The Madhav Kuma...
Hetaunda, August 19 On the day the CPN-UML officially split, the Bagmati province got its new government under Ashta Laxmi Shakya as the chief minister. Incumbent Dor Mani Paudel resigned on Wedn...
Appoints two ministers Building of Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of Bagmati Province. (File photo) KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Asta Laxmi Shakya has been sworn in as the ...
(Image for Representation) NUWAKOT: A man was killed after being buried by a landslide at Lamachaur in Belkotgadhi Municipality-5 in Nuwakot district early today morning, said the police. The dec...
BEIJING, Aug. 19: The Taliban said Tuesday it intends to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan and does not want to have any internal or external enemies. The group's pledge came after its t...
On World Photography Day, Nepali photojournalists share what it was and is like to work in the country. Monika Deupala was a high school student when she first got interested in photography. By th...
KATHMANDU, August 19: For the very first time in Nepal’s history, a woman has been elected the Chief Minister (CM). Astalaxmi Shakya, CPN-UML leader, was appointed the CM of Bagmati Province on We...
ABU DHABI, Aug. 19: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed on Wednesday that the UAE has welcomed Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf G...
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba finds himself in troubled waters that might essentially have consequences, probably detrimental. Reminisce what PM Deuba, also Nepali Congress (NC) President, sai...
Highest in Karnali (39.5%); lowest in Bagmati (7%) Office of National Planning Commission (File photo) KATHMANDU: The government has shown that the number of people living below the multi-dimensi...
RASUWA, August 19: Four persons have gone missing when a landslide triggered by a heavy rainfall buried a house at Koldanda of Naukunda Rural Municipality-5 in Rasuwa district on Wednesday night. ...
U.S. health officials plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots to vaccinated Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is decli...
The United States is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to New York to speak in person at the U.N. General Assembly next month to consider giv...
KATHMANDU, August 19: Two new political parties were registered at the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. Splinter factions of CPN-UML and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) registered two separate...
Many issues regarding how the Taliban would run Afghanistan have yet to be finalised, Waheedullah Hashimi, who has access to the group's decision-making, explained, but Afghanistan would not be a d...
According to report people are facing deprivation particularly in the areas of nutrition, water, and cooking fuel due to the pandemic. Although Nepal made significant progress in reducing multidim...
KATHMANDU, August 19: The newly appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Astalaxmi Shakya has formed a three member council of ministers. Krishna Khanal has been given the portfolio of Minist...
Ghani has been bitterly criticised by former ministers for leaving the country suddenly as Taliban forces entered Kabul on Sunday. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United ...
Image for Representation. (Photo: Pixabay) KANCHANPUR: Viral fever is taking its toll in Kanchanpur district. Many health institutions in the district have been flooded by viral fever patients, sa...
Traffic along the highway is in gridlock after vehicles travelling between the districts got stranded. Landslides triggered by continuous rainfall for the past few days have obstructed vehicular m...
Dozens of electrification projects have been left incomplete in most rural areas of the district. More than half of the population in Salyan depend on kerosene lamps and pinewood for lighting up h...
NEW YORK: AUGUST 19 – Less than a week into the school year, nearly 5,600 students and hundreds of teachers in a single county in the U.S. southeastern state of Florida have either tested positive ...
Parties have been postponing their conventions under various pretexts. Observers say this must end For the Nepali Congress-led government, formed last month, governance does not seem to be a prior...
The Oxford University study found that 90 days after a second shot of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine, their efficacy in preventing infections had slipped to 75 percent and 61 percent respectivel...
Health Ministry said it does not have contact details to track those people. Around 50 percent of the people above 65 years old from Kathmandu, who took their first dose of the Covishield vaccine ...
The government has announced several incentives for vaccine manufacturing plants by publishing a notice in Nepal Gazette on August 9. A number of Nepali pharmaceutical companies have approached th...
Last year, inbound containers were held up at the northern border point due to Covid-19 restrictions, and they arrived too late for the festival shopping spree. Nepali traders have started placing...
Mahendra Sherchan (Photo: Facebook) KATHMANDU: Mahendra Sherchan, the chairman of Rajdhani News Publications, has died of coronavirus. He was 67. He passed away in the course of treatment at the ...
Music has always played an important part in making the surroundings more pleasant. Whether it is singing songs during a long tour or indoor to lift the mood, there is music for every mood. Nepali ...
Go on a morning tour, you can hear bhajans (Hindu and Buddhist religious hymns) and devotional songs everywhere. Not only around the temples but bhajans have also been making the ambience of homes ...
The market for electric vehicles in Nepal saw a major decline last year when the then Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada announced 30-80 per cent excise duties and 60 per cent customs duty on the ...
KATHMANDU, August 19: As per the ordinance issued by the government re;ated to the split of political party, local representatives at local and provincial level are free to join CPN-UML (Samajbadi)...
MANMA, August 19: Two rural municipalities in Kalikot district have reopened community schools amid ongoing COVID-19. They have issued a circular to the educational institutions to resume classes...
KATHMANDU, August 19: Writ petitions have been filed against the issuance of the party-split ordinance, at the Supreme Court (SC). Five writ petitions so far have been filed at the SC against the...
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